Bureaucracy is a concept in sociology and political science referring to the way that the administrative execution and enforcement of legal rules is socially organized.
Wildfires Continue to Ravage Washington State, Pacific Northwest and Beyond. Wildfires in various stages of containment continued to consume Washington state Wednesday, with major fires also burning throughout the west in Idaho, California, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. There are 21 fires burning in Washington and Oregon alone, NBC News reports, with an additional 100 just over the Canadian border.
The Great Seattle Fire was a fire that destroyed the entire central business district of Seattle, Washington, on June 6, 1889. The fire burned for several hours, destroying 25 blocks and causing as much as $20 million in damage. As a result of the fire, streets in the Pioneer Square neighborhood in Seattle were elevated 22 feet above the pre-fire street level and new buildings made of wood were banned. It also eventually led to the City of Seattle switching from multiple private water suppliers